/*
 * WildcardElement.java
 *
 * Created on July 26, 2007, 6:17 PM
 *
 *  Copyright (C) 2010 Tal Eisenberg
 *
 *  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *  (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *  GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

package tal.drivechain.wildcard;

import tal.drivechain.chain.ChainNode;
import tal.drivechain.wildcard.Wildcard.Operator;

/**
 *
 * @author Main
 */
public interface WildcardElement {
    public void parse(String element);
    public boolean matches(Object value, ChainNode context);

    public String toString(ChainNode context);
    public boolean validOperator(Operator opcode);
    
    public WildcardElement makeWildcardElement(String element);
    
    public Object getValue(ChainNode context);
    boolean matchesElementFormat(String wc);
}
